Deep in the Living-Chapter 474 - 461: Girl, Suburbs, Cabin_2

Luo Di stared at the sunlit smile of the middle-aged man before him, pondering for a moment before choosing to decline.

"I think that journalist was right. It’s better to act alone at first... If we meet up in the city later, we can consider whether to collaborate.

Besides, I’m personally quite sensitive to the profession of a Joker."

"I see, that’s really disappointing~ Out of the whole train, I felt you were reliable, but never mind! Let’s look forward to meeting in the city.

Here’s a balloon for you before we part!"

Joke blew up a red balloon on the spot, drawing a smiley face on it with a marker.

While Luo Di greeted him with a smile, he did not reach out to touch it, letting the balloon float alone in the air.

Joke left.

Soon after, the blonde girl Mia, who had been rejected by Luo Di earlier, also dragged her suitcase away.

She didn’t extend another invitation to Luo Di, only flashed a naive and bright smile, waved goodbye, and swiftly disappeared into the thick fog.

And so,

Only the last and most troublesome guy was left on the train.

Douglas, nearly three meters tall, stood up, eyes inevitably drawn towards the sleeping girl, studying her impeccable, unblemished face.

Luo Di could even see the noticeable structural protrusions on the surface of Douglas’s body.

He gripped the metal bat tightly,

with tentacles writhing beneath the skin, gray spreading, as conflict looked about to burst at any moment...

Bang!

Douglas unexpectedly turned and left the carriage, his over four-hundred-pound frame making a giant noise on the tracks, quickly vanishing into the mist.

Whew...

Luo Di breathed a sigh of relief, aware of how strong Douglas was. Fighting him would mean a heavy price even if he won, a severe disadvantage in the face of the unknown events ahead.

Since everyone had left, he approached the sleeping girl beside him.

"Let’s take her luggage; there might be something important inside."

The girl’s suitcase was the largest among all the passengers. Out of curiosity, he opened it without permission to see what was inside.

"Hmm? A wheelchair, great thing!"

A foldable metal wheelchair was inside, suggesting the girl suffered from some physical ailment. The rest were ordinary clothes, with no makeup essentials — anything needed could be purchased in the city.

Setting up the wheelchair,

Luo Di placed the sleeping girl on it, a perfect fit.

He pushed the girl to the train’s end, gazing at the foggy outside.

Luo Di had never left the carriage, not quite understanding the "danger" those people spoke of.

"Let me experience it first."

Leaving the girl in the carriage,

he jumped down alone.

Treading the track,

he moved into the woods.

Buzz!

Suddenly, a strong ringing pierced his ears, forcing Luo Di to clasp them with one hand, violently shaking his head.

After the ringing faded,

he suddenly sensed the so-called "danger," not from the outside, but from within his body, a squirming sensation emerging from his abdomen.

Quickly lifting his clothes,

he saw his abdomen slightly bulging, the structure resembling a human nose. Recalling last night’s experiences, Luo Di was so frightened that he swiftly returned to the train.

Back in the carriage, this anomaly subsided quickly, and the bulge on his abdomen disappeared.

Hurriedly inspecting his body, he even used his nails to cut into his abdomen... but found nothing, only normal intestinal arrangements.

Earlier, he had clearly felt a human head about to emerge, even hearing his mother’s call.

Cold sweat trickled down his temples but got licked away by Luo Di’s tongue as he swiftly suppressed this fear.

"The anomalies vanish upon returning to the carriage; exposure outside leads to problems... Would finding a similar sealed space outdoors alleviate this ’anomaly’ state?

Moreover, everyone is affected differently, it demands swift action."

Luo Di didn’t linger for long,

he went down again, lifting the girl along with the wheelchair.

The fog limited sight to a ten-meter range, and the woods ahead lacked many plants, offering more or less a flat path.

Some people who left earlier had moved along the tracks, while others headed for the forest directive sign that Joke mentioned.

Luo Di chose the latter, indeed finding the forest directional sign.

[Wenslim City ↑]

[Shiyin Town ←]

[Pure White Forest ↓]

"Are there towns nearby? I wonder if they are closer... I need to quickly find an enclosed space."

Luo Di could already hear the call inside, and sense the abdominal bulging.

He first moved toward the city direction, hoping to pass through a village or town for a break if possible.

Pushing the girl as he ran through the fog, Luo Di noticed the sleeping girl started showing uneasy expressions, cold sweat forming on her forehead, as if having a nightmare.

Lacking clear environment markers and always enveloped by fog, Luo Di was unsure if he was moving in a straight line, never glimpsing anything city-related along the way.

As he pondered whether to stop and "clear" the abnormal bump on his abdomen,

scritch-scratch~ a plant unexpectedly started growing from the girl’s ear while she slept.

The tender green plant roots wound around the girl’s arms, gently lifting, pointing towards a direction.

Given no better choice, he decided to trust the girl.

Following her direction, within less than three minutes of running, he finally saw something different.

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